Imagine for a moment that you’re the GM of a Major League Baseball team. It’s something every fan has done at some point or another. Whether you’re shouting obscenities at your TV or tinkering with your fantasy team, we’ve all imagined what it would be like to call the shots for a big league club. …
A few months ago I posted some predictions for the 2016 Major League season. I had previously made these predictions to my buddy Steve and later found time to expand on them. They were: Maikel Franco to hit 30+ home runs. Jason Hammel to win 15+ games and have a solid, but unnoticeable season. Giancarlo…
Ask any Bostonian to tell you the single greatest moment in Red Sox history and you’re almost certain to hear about Dave Roberts’ stolen base in game four of the 2004 ALCS (I did and my buddy “Boston Steve” immediately cited Roberts’ larceny as his #1 Red Sox moment). After working a lead-off walk, Kevin…
Most baseball fans remember Hideki Irabu as the Yankee’s pseudo-superstar Japanese pitcher who, after playing five years of mediocre major league ball, found himself in the minor leagues before eventually moving back to Japan. He was touted a “Japanese Nolan Ryan” and given a four year contract worth $12.8 million before so much…
The other day I came across an email that I had sent to my buddy Steve prior to the start of the 2016 MLB season. In it I made a few predictions about how I thought certain players would perform and how one would be busted for using PEDs. Without further ado… Maikel Franco hits…
In the beginning, we had Batting Average. Shortly thereafter On Base Percentage and Slugging Percentage came along. Over time, more and more percentage based baseball stats were created. Easy to follow creations like OPS (on base plus slugging) and BABIP (batting average on balls in play) were soon over-shadowed by monstrosities like WAR (wins above…
Hi All, So I’m a baseball fan. I absolutely love baseball. I also love science and all the “Moneyball” type thinking that has emerged over the past 10+ years. I like to think about different things and recently, I’ve started wondering why teams don’t use a four man rotation anymore. In a five man rotation (used by…
